MAURITANIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,623	4	1,636	+ 2,988
Stroke	2	1,989	6	1,307	+ 682
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,459	8	1,158	+ 300
Kidney Disease	4	1,072	15	555	+ 517
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	726	1	2,756	- 2,029
Falls	6	632	31	140	+ 492
Liver Disease	7	584	13	586	- 2
Other Injuries	8	474	19	343	+ 131
Diabetes Mellitus	9	461	12	594	- 134
Lung Disease	10	337	23	275	+ 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	289	24	251	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	12	273	10	665	- 392
Suicide	13	242	30	141	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	193	37	110	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	15	171	27	197	- 26
Inflammatory/Heart	16	159	36	110	+ 49
Asthma	17	138	29	170	- 31
Low Birth Weight	18	117	2	2,014	- 1,897
Leukemia	19	110	55	22	+ 87
Breast Cancer	20	108	28	189	- 82
Liver Cancer	21	100	21	312	- 212
Hypertension	22	99	22	286	- 187
Fires	23	98	33	123	- 25
Drownings	24	97	35	116	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	25	92	41	69	+ 23
Lung Cancers	26	92	44	60	+ 31
Tuberculosis	27	89	9	717	- 627
Lymphomas	28	85	43	65	+ 20
Epilepsy	29	82	39	75	+ 8
Violence	30	76	16	491	- 415
Pancreas Cancer	31	62	51	39	+ 24
Skin Disease	32	61	47	47	+ 14
Drug Use	33	58	40	71	- 13
Oral Cancer	34	55	48	45	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	54	3	1,656	- 1,602
Stomach Cancer	36	46	32	132	- 86
Birth Trauma	37	41	7	1,204	- 1,164
Uterin Cancer	38	38	57	17	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	33	52	34	- 0
Poisonings	40	33	42	67	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	33	38	83	- 51
Ovary Cancer	42	29	49	43	- 14
Encephalitis	43	28	53	33	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	44	27	54	30	- 3
Meningitis	45	27	18	357	- 330
Bladder Cancer	46	25	50	42	- 17
HIV/AIDS	47	23	25	231	- 208
Maternal Conditions	48	20	11	639	- 618
Cervical Cancer	49	19	20	333	- 315
Prostate Cancer	50	18	34	118	- 101
Alcohol	51	15	58	16	- 1
Malnutrition	52	9	17	462	- 453
Hepatitis B	53	7	56	22	- 15
Pertussis	54	7	14	574	- 568
Skin Cancers	55	6	46	50	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	63	5	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	57	5	62	7	- 2
Appendicitis	58	4	60	9	- 5
Syphilis	59	4	26	204	- 200
Schistosomiasis	60	3	59	14	- 11
Tetanus	61	2	45	58	- 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	64	4	- 3
Dengue	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	3	- 2
War	65	0	70	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	66	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	67	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	61	9	- 9
Diphtheria	69	0	65	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	70	0	68	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.